$15,405
Illustrated Album of Poetic Sentiments, Selinda Hill, Peterborough, New Hampshire, with illustrations by her sister, Caroline Hill, 1830s-1870s, Selinda Hill's "little Album" begins with an "Introductory Address," a poem inscribed by her, and opposite a watercolor illustration of a girl in a landscape reading a book. It is followed by 128 pages containing sentimental poetry inscriptions, many accompanied by watercolor and graphite depictions of figures, flowers, birds, fruit, and houses. The poems were written by family, friends, relatives, and likely classmates of Selinda, at the nearby New Ipswich Academy in New Ipswich, New Hampshire. One entry by Selinda's younger sister Caroline, dated February 1835, has a small watercolor depiction of the New Ipswich Academy at the top of the page and is signed by Caroline. The New Ipswich Academy was New Hampshire's second academy, which was chartered in 1789. Two other illustrations in the album were signed by Selinda's sister Caroline. One is a small pencil drawing depicting a house, and one, on the last page, is a watercolor illustration depicting the Hill family titled "An Evening At Home," dated 1831. It shows the family seated in the parlor around the woodstove with the family cat nearby. Their father Job is writing a letter, and one of the daughters, probably Caroline, is painting a picture of a flower, on a tripod candlestand. Their mother Betsy and the other three daughters, Selinda, Mary, and Abigail are shown engag Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-11-08
